"Drag the Waters" is a song by the American heavy metal band Pantera.

It first appeared on the 1996 album The Great Southern Trendkill, and later on the band's compilation album, The Best of Pantera: Far Beyond the Great Southern Cowboys' Vulgar Hits!.

Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell has said that this song "is about a lifetime of dealing with people that you can't tell what they're really comin' at you for, or what their motives really are.

"[1] The music video starts with a warning by a voice saying, "In everyday life, there is more than meets the eye.

This song is the first single released from the album, and the only one to have a music video.